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Charles C. Mann@charlescmann.bsky.social |
Fine WaPo piece from a couple weeks back that both highlights the empty rationales provided by Duke administrators for closing the university's herbarium, one of the nation's biggest, and explains why herbarium collections like the one at Duke can be so scientifically valuable.
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Jim Wald
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Yes, I, too, greatly enjoyed and shared that one. Really nice job of showing both the intrinsic and applied value of this kind of knowledge and research, and cast a harsh light on the smallmindedness of administrators.
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